Hard-hitting Bronx rapper Remy Ma (born Reminisce Smith) spent much of her youth writing and performing both rhymes and poetry. In 1999, she caught the attention of rapper Big Pun, who soon became Remy’s mentor and invited her into his crew, Terror Squad. After Pun’s death in 2000, the young MC signed to Universal Records. She first broke onto the mainstream hip-hop scene with her appearance in M.O.P.’s “Ante Up Remix” in 2003, and followed that up the next year with a role in Terror Squad’s hit…

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